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“To be rather than to seem.” This motto has long been the heartbeat of our state. It means that in a land teeming with natural beauty, our greatest beauty lies in the spirit of the men, women, and children who call North Carolina home.
Published: Thursday, December 7th, 2023 @ 7:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., said he intends to serve in Congress with the spirit of North Carolina’s motto, “Esse Quam Videri” — “To Be Rather Than to Seem” — as he gave his maiden speech on the Senate floor Wednesday.
Published: Sunday, June 18th, 2023 @ 9:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s state motto offers a great guide to policymakers
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 1:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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West Point administrators have dropped a motto that had become a part of the fanfare surrounding the Army football program since the mid-1990s after officials discovered that the phrase traced back to white supremacist biker gangs and the neo-Nazi prison gang Aryan Brotherhood.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2019 @ 10:44 am
By: Daily Wire
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There's a lack of candor and an obscuring of the service's basic mission, declares one veteran — all in an effort to attract today's fresh young recruits
Published: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 @ 11:45 am
By: LifeZette
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Six East Carolina University graduate students are doing their part to uphold the university's motto, "Servire" -- " to serve" -- after being named North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellows for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:07 am
By: ECU News Services
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Ever since the movie "Wall Street" hit the big screen in 1987, left-of-center pundits and partisans have tried to tie conservatives and Republicans to that movie's villain, Gordon Gekko. His motto was "Greed is good." Twenty-eight years later, Ed Morrissey argues that Gekko's most famous saying...
Published: Monday, October 5th, 2015 @ 5:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Honors College students put East Carolina University's motto 'servire' - to serve - into action Aug. 22, spending their first day on campus helping the community.
Published: Monday, August 25th, 2014 @ 12:10 am
By: ECU News Services
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I've written many times in the past about what I call North Carolina's Blarney tradition. We pretend to honor deeds over words, to "be rather than to seem" as the state motto puts it.
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2012 @ 10:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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